Raising Capital for AI Paper, Pulp, Packaging & Corrugated Decarbonization Startups: which investors are active in the space.
AI paper, pulp, packaging & corrugated decarbonization in 2026 splits across (a) kraft-pulp-mill + recovery-boiler + black-liquor + biorefinery + fiber-line-AI (International Paper $IP-DS Smith January-2025 £5.8B $7.2B closed-CMA UK-EU-cleared largest containerboard-Europe expansion+ IP-Sylvamo 2021 spin-off Uncoated Free Sheet North-America+ IP-Weyerhaeuser Cellulose Fibers 2016 $2.2B+ IP-Temple-Inland 2012 $4.3B+ IP-Riegelwood NC+Cantonment FL+Vicksburg MS+Prattville AL+ Georgetown SC+Springfield OR+ Kwidzyn Poland+ Saillat France+ Aracruz Brazil-Suzano 2020+ IP-Mexico Ixtaczoquitlán+ IP-Container Board North America largest+ IP-2024 Q4 announced-IP-Riverdale AL indefinite-shutdown cautionary+ IP-Loveland OH HQ+ IP-Andy Silvernail-CEO 2024, Smurfit Westrock $SW Smurfit Kappa-WestRock July-2024 $20B closed-Dublin HQ largest-worldwide-paper-packaging Tony Smurfit CEO+Ken Bowles CFO+ Smurfit Kappa-Verzuolo Italy+Sangüesa Spain+Facture France+Zülpich Germany+Roermond Netherlands+ Nettingsdorf Austria+Piteå Sweden+Nervión Spain+ Nettingsdorf Austria Kraftliner-Wonderful-mill+ Smurfit Kappa-Nyborg Denmark+Cellulose Nova Vitalia Italy+ WestRock-KapStone 2018 $4.9B+MeadWestvaco-Mead-Rock-Tenn 2015+ WestRock-Grupo Gondi Mexico 2022+ WestRock-Solvay-Wilhelm 2022+ WestRock-Cotocorrunga Uruguay 2024+ WestRock-Longview WA+Charleston SC+Covington VA+Panama City FL+Fernandina Beach FL+Hopewell VA+Hodge LA+Evadale TX+Roanoke Rapids NC+ WestRock-Solvay-Wilhelm+SmurfitWestrock-Mahrt AL+, Packaging Corporation of America PCA $PKG-Cascades Boxboard 1999+Boise 2013 $2B+ PCA-DeRidder LA+Filer City MI+International Falls MN+Jackson AL+Wallula WA+Tomahawk WI+Counce TN+Valdosta GA, Georgia-Pacific-Koch $KOCH-Georgia-Pacific 2005 $21B-privately-held+ GP-Cellulose+Consumer Products+Containerboard+Building Products+ GP-Brewton AL+Rincon GA+Palatka FL+Naheola AL+Cedar Springs GA+Zachary LA+Toledo OR+Camas WA+Halsey OR+Ashdown AR+Alabama River+Big Island VA+Circleville OH+Enderlin ND+ GP-Ashdown OR-2023-idled cautionary+ GP-Cellulose New Augusta MS-2019 curtailed cautionary+ GP-Naheola-New Augusta Palatka-2023 restructuring+ GP-Bowling Green Consumer 2024+ GP-Sonora TX+, Mondi $MNDI.L Mondi plc London+Johannesburg+ Mondi-Frantschach Austria Kraftliner+ Mondi-Ružomberok Slovakia+ Mondi-Świecie Poland+ Mondi-Steti Czech Republic+ Mondi-Merebank South Africa+ Mondi-Richards Bay South Africa+ Mondi-Syktyvkar Russia-2022 divested-cautionary+ Mondi-DS Smith-2024 April-abandoned bidding-Rejected-cautionary+ Mondi-Aurora November-2024 $707M speciality-kraft+ Mondi-DS Smith-International-Paper-lost 2024+, Sonoco Products $SON-Sonoco-Weidenhammer 2016+Sonoco-Ball Metalpack 2021+Sonoco-Highland Packaging 2020+Sonoco-Eviosys metal-packaging January-2024 $3.9B+Sonoco-Tegrant 2011+ Sonoco-Hartsville SC+Waynesville NC+Ontario Bemis-Amcor 2019+ Sonoco-Trident Composite 2024+ Sonoco-Emerald Home 2024, Sealed Air $SEE-Cryovac+Bubble Wrap+Diversey 2013+ Sealed Air-Diversey 2017 IPO-cautionary+ Sealed Air-Fagerdala 2017+ Sealed Air-Automated Packaging 2019+ Sealed Air-Foxpak 2020+ Sealed Air-Aspiration+ Sealed Air-Liquibox 2023+ Sealed Air-Kevothermal 2024 cold-chain+ Sealed Air-Padua Italy+Duncan SC+Wolseley VA+ Sealed Air-2024 Q3 restructuring cautionary, Stora Enso $STERV.HE Helsinki+Stockholm+ Stora Enso-Sunila Finland+Skoghall Sweden+Skutskär Sweden+Kvarnsveden Sweden-2020-closed cautionary+ Stora Enso-Fors Sweden 2024-scaled-back+ Stora Enso-Oulu Finland-Kraftliner conversion 2023 first-Europe-corrugated-newsprint-mill-conversion+ Stora Enso-Anjala Finland-2024 idled+ Stora Enso-Belgium Ghent+ Stora Enso-Beihai China+ Stora Enso-Guangxi China+ Stora Enso-Hylte-Braviken-Kotka-Nymolla-Veitsiluoto Finland-2020-2022 closures cautionary+ Stora Enso-Anjala 2024 idled+ Stora Enso-Kvarnsveden 2020-closed+ Stora Enso-Ingerois 2022-closed+ Stora Enso-Sylvamo-Suzano-2020 Aracruz divested, UPM-Kymmene $UPM.HE-Kaukas Finland+Kymi Finland+Rauma Finland+ UPM-Fray Bentos Uruguay 2007+ UPM-Paso de los Toros Uruguay 2023 €3.7B world-largest-single-line-eucalyptus-pulp-mill+ UPM-Kaipola Finland-2020-closed cautionary+ UPM-Kymi-Deinking-2022-closed cautionary+ UPM-Jämsänkoski-2023 restructuring+ UPM-Chapelle Darblay France-2020-closed cautionary+ UPM-Shotton UK-2020-closed cautionary+ UPM Raflatac-labels+ UPM Biomedicals+ UPM Biofuels+ UPM Biocomposites+ UPM Formi 3D+ UPM Blankenstein Germany+ UPM Steyrermühl Austria+ UPM Nordland Germany+ UPM Ettringen Germany+, Metsä Group Metsä Fibre+Metsä Board+Metsä Wood+Metsä Tissue+Metsäliitto-cooperative-Finland+ Metsä Kemi Kemi Finland €1.6B 2023-world-largest-bioproduct-mill 1.5M-tonne+3rd-generation-mill+black-liquor-recovery+bio-power+ Metsä Rauma Finland 2022+ Metsä Fibre-Äänekoski Finland 2017 €1.2B first-bioproduct-mill+ Metsä Board Husum Sweden+Kemi Finland+Kyro Finland+Simpele Finland+Tako Finland+Äänekoski Finland+ Metsä Wood Punkaharju Kerto LVL+Suolahti Kerto LVL+ Metsä-Tissue Katrinefors Sweden+Zilina Slovakia+Gunzenhausen Germany+Rakennuslahti+ Metsä-2024 Q3 pulp-market-weakness, Suzano-Fibria-Cerrado $SUZ Suzano-Fibria 2019 $11B+ Suzano-Cerrado Ribas do Rio Pardo Mato Grosso do Sul 2024-first-fiber-line world-largest-single-line-pulp-mill 2.55M-tonne $2.75B+ Suzano-Aracruz+Três Lagoas+Imperatriz+Jacareí+Limeira+Mucuri+Suzano-Rio Verdinho+Cerrado-2024-first-eucalyptus+ Suzano-Kimberly-Clark Neve+Neve-Puppis+Puppis+ Suzano-Pactiv Evergreen-2024 January-Beverage carton-mill Pine Bluff AR+Waynesville NC, Klabin $KLBN11.SA Puma Ortigueira PR 2016-2017-first-line+2021-Puma II 2 lines Kraftliner+Coated Board $2.3B+ Klabin-Angatuba SP+Correia Pinto SC+Otacílio Costa SC+Rio Negro PR+, CMPC Empresas Copec-Arauco Chile Empresas CMPC $CMPC.SN+ Arauco-Mininco Chile+ Arauco-Constitución+Nueva Aldea+Valdivia+Licancel+ Arauco-Mapa 2.1M-tonne 2023 largest-Chile+ Arauco-Puerto Rondón US-2024 Georgia-Bienville+ Arauco-Louisiana Timber+Fiber Industry Bienville MDF 2024-largest-US-MDF+ Arauco-Sunlaw Timber Portugal 2024+, Nine Dragons $2689.HK China-largest-containerboard 20M-tonne+ Nine Dragons-Dongguan+Taicang+Chongqing+Tianjin+Shenyang+Fujian+Vietnam Ba Ria+Ohio Fulton IN+Wisconsin Rapids-Old Town+ Nine Dragons-Rumford Maine 2018+Fairmont WV 2018 largest-China-US-mill+2024-Q3 curtailment cautionary, Lee & Man $2314.HK China-2nd-largest-containerboard+ Lee & Man-Chongqing+Hongmei Jiangsu+Xinhui+Chao'an+Vietnam Hau Giang+Malaysia Pahang+, Oji Holdings $3861.T Japan-largest-paper+ Oji-Nippon-Kraft Nine Dragons-partnership 2022+ Oji-Nippon Dynawave New Zealand+ Oji Fiber Solutions New Zealand+Australia+ Oji-Interfor+, Nippon Paper $3863.T Japan+ Nippon-Weyerhaeuser Cellulose Fibers 2016+ Nippon-Metsä-partnership+ Nippon-Elopak-partnership 2022+, Sappi $SAP.JO Sappi Group Johannesburg+ Sappi-North America Sappi Cloquet+Somerset+Westbrook+ Sappi-Europe Kirkniemi+Alfeld+Ehingen+Gratkorn+Lanaken+Maastricht+Stockstadt+ Sappi-South Africa Ngodwana+Saiccor+ Sappi Ehingen Germany-2024 restructuring+ Sappi-Lanaken Belgium-2024 restructuring. AI-pulp-mill+recovery-boiler+biorefinery startups: PulPac Gothenburg Sweden-Dry Molded Fiber PulPac IP-License 30+partners+ PulPac-Notpla+PA Consulting+Wenzhou Wenwu+Grabher Group+Lifestyle Packaging+ PulPac-Novolex+ Metsäboard+ Fiber Container 2024, Sulapac Helsinki-biobased-plastic $23M Series C-CapMan+Rockaway Blockchain+Sky Capital+Nordea-Bank of Finland Sulapac Nordic+Sulapac Premium+Sulapac Universal-2023+ Sulapac-Loop Industries-2024 recycled PET+ Sulapac-Bourbon Loulé-cosmetic+ Sulapac-Amorepacific+ Sulapac-Elopak partnership 2024, Notpla London-Ooho Skipping Rocks Lab $80M+ Sky Ocean+Horizon Ventures+ Notpla-Just Eat Takeaway 2020+ Notpla-Universal Music 2022+ Notpla-Papier 2023+ Notpla-Delivery Hero 2023+ Notpla-Earthshot Prize 2022+ Notpla-seaweed-coating cardboard+ Notpla-PulPac partnership 2024+ Notpla-Waitrose 2024+ Notpla-Costa Coffee 2024, Ecovative Design $AKYA Green Island NY Mycelium-Ecovative-Mushroom Packaging AirMycelium-mycelium-leather Forager+Foragery+ MycoWorks-Hermès Sylvania-2021 leather-partnership+ MycoComposite+ Ecovative-Grown Bio Poland+ Ecovative-Grown Company Sweden 2024+ Ecovative-IKEA MELLERUD partnership 2024, Zume Inc Mountain View-2023-June-shutdown SoftBank-Vision cautionary Zume Compostable Pizza-Round-2020-pivot cautionary sugar-cane-molded-pizza-round+ RyPax Zhejiang China Molded-Fiber-Rypax-KDS 2024+ Huhtamaki $HUH1V.HE-Elopak-carton-partnership+ Huhtamäki-Amerplast 2018+Huhtamäki-EluHu India 2024+ Huhtamäki-Dune Craft molded-fiber 2019+ Huhtamäki-International Paper Foodservice North America 2021+, Sabert Sayreville NJ molded-fiber-largest-US-produce+PolyPacific+ Solenis-Diversey 2023 pulp-chemistry+ Kemira $KEMIRA.HE $KRA1V+ Kemira-Chemours 2013+ Kemira-Zhengzhou 2024+ Kemira-Solenis-Diversey-3G Capital partnership 2024, Metsä-Fibre-Piteå-Nettingsdorf partnership 2024, Valmet $VALMT.HE-Metso Automation 2015+Valmet-Kadant 2020+Valmet-Vaisala-Neles-2022 automation+ Andritz $ANDR.VI Austria-Metso Chemical Pulp 1999+ Andritz-Voith Paper 2003+Andritz-Metso Papermaking 2013+ Andritz-BST 2020+ Andritz-Metris X Digital-Pulp+Paper 2024+ ABB Ability Pulp+Paper+ Voith Paper $Sonderwelle-XCC+ Voith-Emtec 2023+ Voith-Toscotec 2022+. (b) containerboard + corrugated + e-commerce-packaging (Amazon Amazon-Frustration-Free-Packaging 2008+ Amazon-Ships-in-Own-Container SIOC 2013+ Amazon-Mailer-Pouch 2020+ Amazon-Right-Size-Right-Weight Packaging 2019+ Amazon-Sustainability-in-a-Box+ Amazon-Aircap+ Amazon-Curbside Recyclable+2024-Cascadian-Green-Delivery West-Coast+ Amazon-Ranpak 2023 Amazon-Ranpak partnership Ranpak $PACK+ Ranpak-One World Packaging 2022+ Ranpak-CMC Machinery Italy 2020+ Ranpak-KUKA robotic-2024+ Ranpak-Rakuten-Global+ Sealed Air Automated Packaging 2019+, Berry Global $BERY-Amcor-Berry February-2025 $8.4B all-stock closed-cash-and-stock largest-2025-packaging M&A+ Berry-RPC 2019 £3.3B+ Berry-Bemis 2018+ Berry-Nyloplast 2017+ Berry-Providencia 2016+ Berry-AEP Industries 2017+ Berry-Rexam 2015+ Berry-Cardinal Packaging 2015+ Berry-Verdant-2024 spin-off Health, Hygiene & Specialties+ Berry-Verdant-Health Hygiene Specialties Glatfelter 2023-2024 $2.8B all-stock merger-Verdant+ Berry-Verdant-2024 spin-off completed, Amcor $AMCR-Bemis 2019 $6.8B+ Amcor-Berry Global February-2025 $8.4B closed-largest-2025+ Amcor-Manaflex Latin America 2024+ Amcor-Fabricon Papers 2023+ Amcor-Alusa 2016+ Amcor-Rio Grande Puerto Rico+ Amcor-2024 Q3 restructuring, Graphic Packaging $GPK-International Paper Consumer Packaging 2021 $1.8B+ Graphic-International Paper Foodservice North America 2021+ Graphic-Pactiv Beverage Kalamazoo MI+Waynesville NC+Pine Bluff AR+ Graphic-Waco TX+Ohio+ Graphic-Michigan-Kalamazoo 2024 CRB coated-recycled-board largest-N-America $1B, Silgan Holdings $SLGN-Metal Container+Plastic Container+Dispensing Closures+ Silgan-Dispensing 2020+Silgan-Albéa 2024+ Silgan-Elmagg 2023+ Silgan-Weener Plastics 2018, Constantia Flexibles Constantia+ One Rock Capital 2023+, Huhtamäki $HUH1V.HE-Elopak-Fiber-Carton-partnership+ Huhtamäki-Amerplast 2018+ Huhtamäki-Amerpack 2018+ Huhtamäki-Dune Craft 2019+ Huhtamäki-International Paper-Foodservice 2021+ Huhtamäki-Fiber Packaging Espoo 2024+, Elopak $ELO.OL Norway-liquid-carton+ Elopak-Naturepak Beverage Packaging 2023+ Elopak-2022-June IPO Oslo+ Elopak-Coloplast 2024+ Elopak-International Paper-Cellulose 2024+ Elopak-Sulapac-partnership 2024, SIG Combibloc $SIGN.SW-Scholle IPN 2022 €1.5B+ SIG-Evergreen Asia+Middle East 2022+ SIG-Bag-in-Box+Aseptic Carton+ SIG-Rombas France+Wittenberg Germany+Suzhou China+Bengaluru India+Naaldwijk Netherlands+Bystrzyca Kłodzka Poland+ SIG-Kombibloc Asia+ SIG-Evergreen Asia+, Tetra Pak Tetra Laval Group Sweden+Switzerland-privately-held+ Tetra Pak-Denmark+Sweden+Italy+Brazil+Mexico+India+China+ Tetra Pak-DeLaval+Sidel+ Tetra Pak-Elopak-competitor+ Tetra Pak-Recart 2024+ Tetra Pak-Tetra Recart+ Tetra Pak-Poly-Aluminum 5% 2030-target+, Nordson $NDSN+ Nordson-Optical Control Systems 2022+ Nordson-CyberOptics 2022+ Nordson-Atrion Corporation-2024 $815M+ Kotkamills-MB Barter & Trading 2020+MB Barter-Storaenso 2023+, Multi Packaging Solutions-WestRock 2017+ WestRock-KapStone 2018+ Ranpak-KUKA robotic-arm 2024+ Automated Packaging Systems-Sealed Air 2019+ Ranpak Void-Fill+PadPak+ Ranpak-Cushion+FillPak+CarbonWave+2024 Cascadian-Green-Amazon partnership+ Pregis-First Advent 2020+ Storopack+ Salcones Wisconsin+, Domtar Paper Excellence-Domtar 2021 $3B+Paper Excellence-Resolute Forest 2023 $2.7B+ Paper Excellence-Domtar+Resolute+Catalyst+Sylvamo+ Paper Excellence-Espanola Ontario-2023-closed cautionary+ Paper Excellence-Domtar Kingsport TN 2024-2025 delayed-conversion cautionary+ Paper Excellence Skeena Sustainability Institute+ Resolute Forest Kénogami-2023-closed cautionary+ Resolute Forest Fort Frances Ontario-2014-closed+ Resolute Forest Baie Comeau-2023-restructuring, Sylvamo $SLVM International Paper Uncoated Free Sheet-2021 spin-off+ Sylvamo-Eastover SC+Ticonderoga NY+Saillat France+Kwidzyn Poland+Aracruz Brazil-2020, Cascades $CAS.TO Kingsey Falls QC+Papeteries Cascades+, Rengo $3941.T Japan-largest-corrugated+ Rengo-Kobe-Osaka+ Rengo-Amcor Bemis 2019 divestment+ Rengo-Vietnam+China+Malaysia+Indonesia+Thailand+Philippines+ Nippon Paper Industries-Rengo-Oji-3rd Japan+ Hokuetsu $3865.T-Niigata+ Nichirei Foods+, Sonoco-Eviosys metal-packaging January-2024 $3.9B all-cash largest-Sonoco 2024+ Metal Packaging Europe MPE+, O-I Glass $OI-Owens-Illinois+ O-I-Cristalería Peldar Colombia+ O-I-Vitro USA 2015+ O-I-Bosnia Straža+ O-I-New Zealand+Australia+ O-I MAGMA modular-glass 2024+ O-I-2024 Q3 restructuring cautionary, Ardagh Metal Packaging $AMBP-Ardagh Group Ireland+ Ardagh-Consol Glass 2015+ Ardagh-Verallia North America 2013+ Ardagh-Trivium Metal-Exal 2022+ Ardagh-Beverage Can Americas+Europe+Middle East+ Ardagh Metal Packaging SPAC 2021+2024-Q3 restructuring cautionary, Ball Corporation $BALL-Aerospace divested Ball-Aerospace-BAE 2024 $5.55B+ Ball Beverage Can-largest-worldwide+ Ball-Rexam 2016+, Crown Holdings $CCK-Crown-Signode 2018+Crown-Signode Industrial Packaging spun-off Transcontinental Packaging 2025+, Ball Metalpack 2018-Sonoco-Ball 2021+ Trivium Packaging Ontario+ Novelis-Aleris 2020 $2.8B+, WestRock-MPS Multi Packaging Solutions 2017+ WestRock-Grupo Gondi 2022+, Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products+ Sonoco-Weidenhammer 2016+ Sonoco-Trident Composite 2024+, Sealed Air-Kevothermal 2024+ Sealed Air-Liquibox 2023+. AI-corrugated+e-commerce startups: Packsize International $500M Series-C IVP+Northgate+Bessemer+ Packsize-Amazon-Right-Size 2019+ Packsize-Salt Lake City UT On-Demand-Right-Size-Corrugated X4+X5+ Packsize-JD.com 2020+ Packsize-Walmart 2024+, CMC Packaging Italy-privately-held Cartotecnica CMC+CartonWrap+DigiPack+ CMC-JD.com 2020+ CMC-Alibaba Cainiao 2023+ CMC-Amazon 2022+ CMC-Ranpak 2020+, Solystic-DHL 2024+ SI-Systems Vancouver+ Beumer Group+ Vanderlande-Toyota 2020+ Dematic-KION Group+ AutoStore $AUTO.OL Kongsberg Automation-Ocado-Norway 2020-IPO+ AutoStore-Element Logic+ Symbotic $SYM-Walmart-Symbotic 2022+ Symbotic-C+S Wholesale+ Symbotic-Green Valley Grocery+, Ranpak-KUKA robotic-arm+ Sealed Air-Automated Packaging 2019+ CMC-EOL End-of-Line+, Piab Group Sweden Vacuum-JR Butler+ Piab-Piab USA+ Cognex $CGNX+ Zebra Technologies $ZBRA-Reflexis+Antuit+Fetch Robotics 2021+ Zebra-Matrox Imaging 2022+. Molded-fiber startups: PulPac Sweden+ Notpla London Ooho+ Ecovative Design $AKYA+ Zume 2023-June-shutdown cautionary+ RyPax-KDS China 2024+ Sabert Sayreville NJ+ Huhtamäki Dune Craft 2019+ Metsä-Kotkamills-Nippon Paper+ Suzano Neve 2024+, PulPac-Cellwise Yankee Machine+ PulPac-Nissha-2024+PulPac-Notpla-Waitrose 2024+ Rypax-KDS China 2024. (c) molded-fiber + PFAS-free + plastic-replacement + bio-based (PulPac Dry-Molded-Fiber IP+ 30+partners+ Notpla-Ooho-seaweed-coating cardboard+ Ecovative-Mushroom Packaging AirMycelium+MycoComposite+MycoWorks-Hermès+ Zume 2023-June-shutdown cautionary sugar-cane-molded-round+ Sulapac-biobased-plastic+ Ecovative-Grown Bio Poland+ Ecovative-Grown Company Sweden 2024+ Ecovative-IKEA MELLERUD 2024+ Genecis Bioindustries Toronto-food-waste-PHA+ Full Cycle Bioplastics-PHA+ Danimer Scientific $DNMR-Meredian Bio-PHA-Ch-11 December 2024 cautionary+ NatureWorks Ingeo-Cargill+PTT 50/50-Blair NE+Nakhon Sawan Thailand 2024-Q4-first-fiber production+ Braskem Green PE I'm Green sugarcane 2010 largest+ TotalEnergies Corbion PLA-2011 JV+, Cove-2024-August-marine biodegradable-water-bottle+ Loliware Seaweed-plastic-2018 $10M+ Ecovative-Grown Bio Poland+ Sway Ocean-Sway-seaweed-films+ Zerocircle Mumbai-seaweed+ Notpla-Ooho+ Marina Tex-Fish-Waste-2020+ ELLE MacArthur Foundation Plastic Pact+ 4evergreen alliance+ Global Plastic Treaty INC-5.2-2025-Geneva-Bergen postponed-August-2025-cautionary+ UNEA UN Environment Assembly resolution 2022. AI-Bio-based + PFAS-Free: 3M-Novec forever-chemical PFAS EPA 2024 phase-out largest cautionary+ Solenis-Diversey-Charlesbank 2019-3G Capital 2023+ Solvay-La Rochelle 2024-PFAS discontinuation cautionary+ Chemours-DuPont 2015 PFAS-litigation cautionary+ ArkemaS $AKE.PA+ Ineos+ Formosa+ Kuraray-Aicello 2024, WestRock EnShield PFAS-Free 2022+ Georgia-Pacific PFAS-Free 2023+ Novolex-KPack 2024+ Genpak-Pactiv Evergreen-2024+ Sealed Air PFAS-Free 2023+ Berry Global PFAS-Free 2023+ Amcor Cellulose Fibers-2023+ FDA PFAS Grease-Proof Food-Packaging voluntary-2020+phase-out February 2024+ EPA PFAS TSCA-2024+ EU REACH PFAS Restriction Proposal 2023-2025+ CA AB 1200 PFAS Food-Packaging January 2023+ NY S8817-A December 2022+ ME LD 1503 January 2030+ WA HB 1694+ MN SF 3339+ VT S 108+ CT SB 293+ CO HB 22-1345+ RI H 6113. (d) label + flexo + digital-print + sortation-AI + EPR-compliance (UPM Raflatac-Kymen-Vindar 2020+ UPM Raflatac Ovaltine 2024+ UPM Raflatac Reduce+RaflaCoat Pro 2024+ Avery Dennison $AVY-Vestcom 2020+Nortec 2022+ Avery Dennison RFID 2018-Smartrac+ Avery Dennison-Silverline 2024 IoT+ Avery Dennison-Beontag-Beontag 2023+ Avery Dennison-Cardinal Health-Sonoco+ CCL Industries $CCL.B.TO Toronto CCL-Innovia 2017+CCL-Treofan 2018+CCL-Checkpoint-Systems 2016+, RRD $RRD.OK Chatham Asset Management 2022 take-private+ Fedrigoni Italy-Bain Capital 2017-BC Partners 2022+ Iron Mountain $IRM-Rescue Records+, Multi Packaging Solutions-WestRock 2017+ Constantia Flexibles-One Rock Capital 2023+, Reforestation ProAmpac Cerberus-2020+ProAmpac-Rosenberg Sonoco+ ProAmpac-Automated Packaging 2019+ ProAmpac-Vertellus 2023+ ProAmpac-Coveris 2023+ Coveris CVC 2013+Sun Capital 2018+ Coveris-BC Partners 2019+ Coveris-Multi Packaging Solutions 2023+, Fedrigoni-Fabriano+Arjowiggins+, Domtar-Espanola 2023-closed+ Domtar-Kingsport TN 2024-2025 delayed cautionary+ Domtar Sylvamo Aracruz 2020+, Ranpak+Sealed Air Automated Packaging+ Pregis+ Storopack+ StePac+ ProAmpac Cerberus+ Coveris+ Constantia Flexibles+ Multi Packaging Solutions+ Ranpak Void-Fill+, Continental Ingredients+ Global Cellulose Fibers-International Paper 2021+ Sylvamo+ SO PapiO+ Fujifilm+HP+Canon+Epson+ HP Indigo+HP PageWide+ HP Latex+ HP-Indigo Cloud-2024 subscription+ HP-Bromford 2024+ Fujifilm Uvistar+Uvijet+Acuity+ HP JetIntelligence+ Canon-Océ 2010+, EFI-Siris Capital 2019+ EFI-Reggiani-Bologna 2015+ EFI-Fiery+, Ricoh Pro C9500+ Konica Minolta AccurioPress+, Landa Digital Printing Israel-Nano+ Landa S10+S10P Nanographic 2019+, Xeikon-Flint Group-2023 Lindus Health-Rieckermann+ Lindus Health+ Kodak-Prosper+ Kodak-Nexpress+ Kodak-Ch-11 January 2012+2013-emerged+, MG+ MPS+ Bobst-JMLibra 2024+ Bobst-Radex+Bobst-Comexi+Bobst-Lundberg Tech+ Bobst-Nordmeccanica 2019+ Bobst-BW Papersystems+, Comexi-Nueva Aldea+, Nilpeter+ Mark Andy+ Gallus-Heidelberg+, W&H Windmöller & Hölscher+ Nordmeccanica-2019+ Uteco+, Amcor-Berry Global February 2025 $8.4B closed all-stock largest+ Amcor-Bemis 2019 $6.8B+ Berry-RPC 2019 £3.3B+ Berry-Verdant 2024 spin-off+ Silgan-Weener Plastics 2018+ Sonoco-Eviosys January 2024 $3.9B+ IP-DS Smith January 2025 $7.2B closed+ Smurfit Westrock July 2024 $20B closed+ Mondi-DS Smith April-2024 abandoned-Rejected cautionary+ WestRock-KapStone 2018+ WestRock-Grupo Gondi 2022+ Sonoco-Weidenhammer 2016+Ball Metalpack 2021+Highland 2020+ Sealed Air-Cryovac 1998+Diversey 2013-Bain 2017+Fagerdala 2017+Automated Packaging 2019+Liquibox 2023+Kevothermal 2024+ Trivium Metal-Ardagh-Exal 2022+ Ball Aerospace-BAE 2024 $5.55B+ Constantia Flexibles-One Rock 2023+ Fedrigoni-BC Partners 2022 vs Bain 2017+ Paper Excellence-Domtar 2021+Resolute 2023+ Ranpak-KUKA 2024+ Zume 2023-June-shutdown SoftBank Vision cautionary+ Danimer Scientific Ch-11 December 2024+ Amcor-Berry Amcor-Berry 2025 all-stock+ IP-Riverdale AL 2024-shutdown+ GP-Ashdown 2023-idled+ Stora Enso-Kvarnsveden 2020-Anjala 2024-idled+ UPM-Kaipola 2020-closed+ UPM-Kymi-Deinking 2022+ UPM Chapelle Darblay 2020-closed+ UPM Shotton 2020-closed+ Sonoco-Trident 2024+ Paper Excellence-Espanola 2023-closed+ Resolute Kénogami 2023-closed+ Sylvamo restructuring cautionary. Regulatory+ EPR+ PPWR+ FDA+ EPA+ REACH+ IRA+ 2020 EU Waste Framework Directive 2020-EU EPR Extended Producer Responsibility+ 2021 EU Single-Use Plastics Directive SUPD+ 2022 EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation PPWR-2024-February Provisional Agreement December-2024 Council-Provisional-Adopted 2030-70%-recycling+2040-90%-recycling+2035-100%-recyclable-target+ EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation ESPR July-2024+ EU Digital Product Passport DPP 2027-2030+ EU CSRD January-2024+ EU CSDDD July-2024+ EU CBAM October-2023-Transition+2026-Definitive Fertilizer-Aluminium+ EU Emissions Trading System ETS Phase 4+ EU Green Deal+ Fit-for-55+ EU AI Act August-2024+ EU Cyber Resilience+ NIS-2+ EU Deforestation Regulation EUDR December-2025-delayed+ EU Waste Framework Directive 2020+2024-revision+ EU Battery Regulation-2023+ EU End-of-Life Vehicle ELV Recast+ EU WEEE+ EU Waste Shipment Regulation May-2024+ REACH PFAS Restriction Proposal 2023-2025+ EU-4evergreen Alliance+ EU-ELLEN MacArthur Plastic Pact+ US EPA PFAS TSCA-2024+ US FDA PFAS Grease-Proof-Food-Packaging voluntary 2020+phase-out February 2024+ US EPA 2016 Sustainable Materials Management SMM+ US Advance Recycling Federal Bipartisan Post-Consumer Recycled 2020+ Save Our Seas Act 2018+2020+ US Recycling Infrastructure Accessibility Act 2022+ US Recycling and Composting Accountability Act 2022+ US Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act reintroduced 2023+ US CA SB 54 Plastic-Pollution-Prevention EPR-Producer-Responsibility CalRecycle January 2024 in-force+ CA AB 1200 PFAS Food-Packaging January 2023+ CA AB 793 rPET-25%-2025+ CO HB 22-1355 EPR January 2024+ ME LD 1541 EPR 2021+ ME LD 1503 PFAS-2030+ OR SB 582 EPR 2022 January-2025 in-force+ NY S1064B EPR 2024+ MN SF 3339 EPR May-2024+ WA SB 5323 EPR pending+ NJ S426 EPR+ VT S 108+ CT SB 293+ HI EPR+ Circular Action Alliance CAA 2023 CA+CO+OR+MN+ME+ Producer Responsibility Organization PRO+ Financial Responsibility+, Canada CEPA-1999 Federal Plastics Registry FPR 2024+ Zero Plastic Waste Charter G7 2018+ Ontario Regulation 391/21 Blue Box Recycling EPR 2023+ BC EPR 2014+ Quebec Recyc-Québec+ CIRCA Canada Circular Plastics Roadmap+, UK Extended Producer Responsibility October 2025+ UK Plastic Packaging Tax April 2022 30%-rPET+ UK Deposit Return Scheme DRS April 2025+ UK Circular Economy Package+, Global Plastic Treaty INC UN INC-1+2+3+4+5-Nairobi-Paris-Nairobi-Ottawa-Busan+INC-5.2 2025 Geneva Bergen postponed August 2025 cautionary+ UNEA UN Environment Assembly Resolution 5.14 March 2022+ 4evergreen alliance+ ELLEN MacArthur Plastic Pact global 2018+ NPP New Plastics Economy+ CE100+ CE100 Emerging+ CGF Consumer Goods Forum Plastic Waste Coalition+ APR Association Plastic Recyclers, Standards: FSC Forest Stewardship Council+ SFI Sustainable Forestry Initiative+ PEFC Programme Endorsement Forest Certification+ ISO 14001 EMS+45001 OHS+50001 EnMS+ ISO 14040+14044 LCA+ ISO 14067 PCF+ ISO 14064 GHG+ Cepi Confederation European Paper Industries+ AF&PA American Forest & Paper Association+ FBA Fibre Box Association+ PPI RISI+ Sea Sun Beach 2024+ 4evergreen Alliance+ Cellulose Fiber Alliance+ Plastic BAN Alliance ELLEN+ CGF+ APR+ ISRI Institute Scrap Recycling Industries+ EuRIC European Recycling Industries Confederation+ APR-Association Plastic Recyclers Design Guide+ How2Recycle Label GreenBlue+, SBTi Steel-Aluminium-Cement-Chemicals-Pulp-Paper Sectoral SDA+FLAG+SBTN+TNFD+TCFD+GRI+SASB+CDP.
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